594 APPEXDIX. 



above it; wing 3.30-3.40, tail 2.G0-2.70, culmcu, .37-.3S. Sab. Mountains of 

 southern Lower California. 



(37.) Page 268. Genus ARA Brisson. 



Two species occur in soutUeni Mexico, one of them common as far north as 

 Mazatlan. Their characters are as follows : 



a'. General color grass-green, with forehead and part of tail-feathers red ; rump, 

 tail-coverts, and tip of tail light blue ; wing about 14.00, tail about 15.00. 



Hab. Mexico to Bolivia. 



A. militaris (Linn.). Military Macaw.' 

 a'. General color vermilion-red, with middle wing-coverts chrome-yellow, the 

 quills dark blue, the tail blue and red ; a little larger than A. militaris, the 

 tail much longer. ILib. Southern Mexico to Bi)livia. 



A. macao (Linn.). Red yellow and blue Macaw.' 



(38.) Page 269, under "a'" preceding Gencs RHYNCHOPSITTA, insert: 



b\ Tail rounded, half as long as wing Amazona. 



b'. Tail even, less than half as long as wing Pionus.* 



Genus AMAZONA Lesson. 



Several Mexican species, distinguished as follows : 



a". Wing more than 7.50; bill not bright yellow; primary coverts always green, 

 and 3-6 innermost secondaries with outer webs chiefly red. 

 i\ Anterior border of wing with more or less of red ; forehead (in adult 

 whole head and neck) yellow. 

 Adult: Whole head and neck j-ellow. Young with yellow on head 

 and red on anterior border of wing more restricted, according 

 to age. Wing 8.70-9.50, tail 4.50-5.50. Bab. Mexico, from 

 Tehuantepec to Mazatlan, the Tres Marias, and Tamaulipas. 



A. oratrix Rinaw. Double Yellow-head Parrot.* 

 b'. Anterior border of wing without trace of red ; forehead green or red. 

 c'. Outer tail-feather without trace of red or yellow spot on basal por- 

 tion of inner web. 

 d}. Forehead green ; feathers of breast, etc., without trace of 

 blackii<h tips; whole top of head light blue, or bluish green; 

 wing 9.30-10.20, tail 5.20-G.20. Hab. Eastern Mexico (Mira- 

 dor) and south to Nicaragua. 



A. guatemalae (n.\RTL.). Blue-crowned Parrot.' 



> PtUlaeiit miUlarin LixN., S. N. cd. 12, i. 1766, 159. Ara mililarii, Gray, Gen. B. ii. I.'<45, 412. 

 ' Pfiillncui macao Liss., S. N. 0(1. 10, i. 1758, 96. Ara macao Gray, List Psitt. BriL Mus. 1S59, 26. 



• Plonut Waoler, Mon. Psitt. 18.32, 497. Typo, Ptittncut mcmtruiu LiNN. 



* Chryiotit levaillantii Obay, List Pflitt. Brit. Mus. 1851), 79; ncc Ammona Uvaillantii Less., IS.Il. 



' Chryiolii gualemata Uartl., Vcrz. Brcm. Samml. 1S14, S7. Amazona gualemala ScDLEO., Mus. P.-6. 

 Rev. Psitt. 1874, 27. 



